Issues
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Dealing with Homelessness
Charities and officials disagreed over how to tackle homelessness in 1984 with the voluntary sector being accused of self-interest. Many…
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Stormont’s potential praised
In an assessment of the 1982-1986 Assembly, the DUP appeared to dismiss Northern Ireland’s influence at Westminster and point to…
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Lignite developers ‘misled’ NIE
Misleading prices and a poor grasp of technology undermined the case for a lignite gasification plant in the early 1980s.…
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Irish schools programmes proposed
A 1979 paper shows that Irish was strongly taught in Catholic post-primaries but the BBC was reluctant to roll out…
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Analysing Maskey’s win
Sinn Féin’s Alex Maskey became the party’s first councillor in Belfast since the 1920s when he won a by-election in…
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Defining CSR
A Whitehall paper on corporate social responsibility sums up current thinking among the business community. SMEs need to be confident…
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CBI proposes carbon reporting improvements
Energy efficiency can improve a company’s environmental performance. The CBI wants the current scheme for large businesses to be replaced…
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Listening and committed to our local community
George Best Belfast City Airport outlines its practical and creative approach to corporate responsibility. At George Best Belfast City Airport,…
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Everyone can build a shared future
Tackling sectarianism is a responsibility that was taken on by One Small Step in 2005. Trevor Ringland talks to Peter…
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The ‘business’ of integrated education
Businesswoman and lawyer Margaret Mountford, known for her appearances on BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’, has endorsed the work of the Integrated…
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